The Medallion novel Chapter 56

"Do you want to use your Cloud Tiger against my Uriah?" Rocky was teasing Flint.

"That won't be necessary. We are all going to the Dragon Birth Festival tomorrow. I just came over to tell you this, in case you forgot," Flint said.

"Damn! I almost forgot. Thank you." Rocky just remembered that Mia had mentioned it two weeks ago.

Flint gave Rocky a nod and then turned to leave with his Cloud Tiger. He stopped suddenly and turned to Rocky. "I'm looking forward to seeing your performance with Uriah tomorrow." After that, he left.

"What are you expecting to see anyway? Is he in love with me or something? That would be too much." Rocky mused to himself and started practicing on the rock by the pool.

The following morning, he made it back to his room earlier, but Flint was nowhere to be seen. It was not until he had changed his clothes that Flint came back, sweating profusely.

"Where did you go at this hour of the day? Still so early," Rocky asked.

"I went for a warm-up with my Cloud Tiger," Flint answered.

"It looks like you are looking forward to the match at the Dragon Birth Festival," Rocky commented.

"Of course. I want to prove myself." Flint didn't say anything else.

"You are already very strong now. What's there to prove?" Rocky had heard on his way back that Flint was already at the fourth grade of Mortal Stage, which meant that Bear was the only match for him among the thirty royal spirit manipulators besides Rocky himself. They had been training in dragon field for just two months and Flint had managed to achieve the fourth grade of Mortal Stage. His progress had impressed them all.

"We are different as there has never been any expectation of you. But I grew up with them, so I have to be stronger. Otherwise I would end up disappointing so many people." Flint grew solemn as he had been carrying too much for too long. He could barely breathe under such pressure.

Rocky still did not get the meaning of his word and just gave a weak smile.

After some preparation, they headed for the assembly at dragon field with Uriah and the Cloud Tiger.

Most of the spiritual manipulators had already gathered on the field with their war beasts. They all looked excited and eager to try. There were some who gathered around Bear, flattering him about his attainment of the fourth of Mortal Stage two days earlier than Flint. They all believed Bear would win the contest hands down. So they eagerly sucked up to him.

When Rocky and Flint showed up, Bear looked at them ferociously. Clearly he was still holding a grudge against Rocky.

Rocky was used to this kind of arrogance, so he simply ignored Bear, who was obviously fuming from the last loss, when Uriah had almost clipped the wing of his Lion Eagle.

There were a couple of carriages parked by the sidelines as Mia took her deputies around.

When she noticed Rocky's arrival, a weird look flashed through her eyes, but she regained her composure immediately. Since all the royal spiritual manipulators had arrived, she let her deputies escort them to the square where Dragon Birth Festival would be held. She summoned the Scarlet Flame Dragon and left then.

Rocky and Flint along with other spiritual manipulators jumped onto their carriage and the whole convoy left the dragon field slowly.